ABSTRACT
Worldwide, there has been a growth in service user involvement in education and research in recent years. This handbook is the first book which identifies what is happening in different regions of the world to provide different countries and client groups with the opportunity to learn from each other.
The book is divided into five sections: Section One examines service user involvement in context exploring theoretical issues which underpin service user involvement. In Section Two we focus on the state of service user involvement in human services education and research across the globe including examples of innovative practice, but also identifying examples of where it is not happening and why. Section Three offers more detailed examination of such involvement in a wide range of professional education learning settings. Section Four focuses on the involvement of service users in research involving a wide range of service user groups and situations. Lastly, Section Five explores future challenges for education and research to ensure involvement remains meaningful.
The book includes forty-eight chapters, including seventeen case-studies, from all regions of the world, this is the first book to both highlight the subject’s methodological and theoretical issues and give practical examples in education and research for those wishing to engage in this field.
It will be of interest to all service users, scholars and students of social work, nursing, occupational therapy, and other human service subjects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|103 pages
Service user involvement in context
chapter 2|13 pages
Improving understanding of service user involvement and identity
chapter 8|7 pages
Talking heads
section Section 2|116 pages
The state of service user involvement in human services involvement in education and research across the globe
chapter 10|11 pages
A tsunami of lived experience
chapter 11|12 pages
The meeting place between service users 1 and students
chapter 12|6 pages
Talking heads
chapter 16|12 pages
Blank page
chapter 19|12 pages
Social work in the UK
section Section 3|156 pages
Service user involvement in human services education
chapter 23|11 pages
Service user involvement in professional skill development
chapter 24|10 pages
Service users reaching out to help professionals
chapter 30|7 pages
Investing in Children
chapter 31|10 pages
Don’t judge a book by its cover
chapter 33|12 pages
New Zealand’s indigenous end-of-life care customs
section Section 4|121 pages
Service user involvement in research in the human services
chapter 36|18 pages
Lessons of inclusive learning
chapter 39|13 pages
Augmented communication
chapter 40|6 pages
From tokenism to full participation
chapter 41|8 pages
The possibilities and constraints of service user research collaborations
chapter 42|13 pages
Rhetoric to reality
chapter 43|10 pages
“Recently, I have felt like a service user again”
chapter 45|8 pages
Talking heads
chapter 46|9 pages
Talking heads
section Section 5|16 pages
Future challenges and opportunities